Moreton Aims For Rail Corridor
Moreton Resources has identified a 60 metre wide, 132km long corridor which it would like to use to transport coal north from its proposed Kingaroy mine.
May Exhibitions Dazzle And Delight
Art fanciers looking for something different have less than two weeks left to see the Wondai Regional Art Gallery’s May exhibition.
Good Roll-Up For Mother’s Day Classic
Sunday’s Mother’s Day Classic may have had slightly lower participation numbers this year, but the popular annual event could still have raised the same amount for breast cancer research.
Burrandowan Beats The Rain
Rain in Kingaroy on Saturday morning failed to deter many racegoers from attending the Burrandowan Picnic Races, and their faith was rewarded with a fine day’s weather and all the fun of the South Burnett’s oldest race meeting.
Grand Final Replay Tests Stags
A second-half revival wasn’t enough for Nanango to chalk up their first 2017 rugby league competition points last weekend.
One Nation Unveils Surprise Candidate
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party has revealed its candidate for the State seat of Nanango … and it’s Douglas Grant, the businessman currently installing Murgon’s 40-camera CCTV security system.
Budget Boost For South Burnett
The South Burnett gets a few presents in Tuesday night’s Federal Budget, although only a handful are real surprises.
Kingaroy Enjoys A Massive Show!
“It was massive!” … This is how South Burnett Show Society secretary Ros Tigell is describing the 110th Kingaroy Show at the weekend.
Firies Enjoy A Big Day
Tablelands Rural Fire Brigade officially opened their new shed on Saturday afternoon … roughly five and a half years after it was built.
Marshlands Gets New Bridge
A three-and-a-half year effort to build a better bridge at Marshlands came to an end on Friday when the South Burnett Regional Council declared the new Marshlands Bridge officially open.
Poetic Start To Relay For Life
Last year’s South Burnett Relay For Life raised a grand total of $184,000 … about $6.30 for every man, woman and child in the region.
Road Maintenance Set To Triple
A new focus on grading low-traffic rural roads could see the total amount of road maintainence in the South Burnett more than triple in the coming 12 months.
Tongues WAgging At Mondure
A bunch of WAgs – Women in Agriculture, that is – gathered at Mondure Hall on Saturday to unwind, chat, listen to speakers and enjoy a healthy lunch.
Riders Rise To The Challenge
The Bees were buzzing, along with riders from as far away as South Australia and NSW, at the second annual John Titman Golden Steel Shoe Challenge held in Kingaroy on Saturday.
Heatwave Tests Qld Power Stations
In February this year, Queenslanders dodged a bullet … just … and the power generating units at Tarong played a big role in that lucky escape.
‘Big Brother’ Coming To Murgon
Murgon will be transformed into one of the most closely watched towns in Australia within two months when a 40-camera closed circuit TV system is set up to cover the CBD.
Anzac Day Races Draw Bumper Crowd
Wondai’s Anzac Day race meeting always draws a bumper crowd, and this year’s outing was no exception.
Water’s Not Going To Waste
The award-winning Kingaroy Wastewater Treatment plant was officially opened on Monday, with a representative travelling all the way from the Netherlands for the special occasion.
Festival A Runaway Success
This year’s Maidenwell Running Festival has been hailed by organisers as “the best yet”, attracting more than 170 participants and raising more than $10,000 for the town’s community organisations.
Curtain Falls On Film Festival
The Nanango Tourism and Development Association has expressed its disappointment the town’s Big Screen Film Festival has been axed.
